On April 17,“China UMS·ECUST” the 1st Smart Payment Final Challenge co-sponsored by ECUST and China UnionPay Merchant Services Co., Ltd. (China UMS) was successfully held. Mr. Zhang Ye, Vice President of China UMS, and Professor Ma Tieju, Dean of School of Business, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. The opening ceremony was chaired by Li Ying, Director of the Smart Business Experimental Teaching Center of the Business School.

Dean Ma Tieju said in his speech that Business School has always attached great importance to cultivating students' business data analysis capabilities and innovative and entrepreneurial practical ability.

Dean Ma Tieju's speech

Mr. Zhang Ye expressed the hope that through this competition, students could participate more deeply in technological innovation, explore and make progress together with China UMS through big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence and other technologies, and promote the company's technological innovation and business innovation side by side.

Mr. Zhang Ye's speech

Finally, the competition selected 1 Outstanding Award, 2 First Prizes, 3 Second Prizes, 6 Third Prizes, and 4 Excellence Awards.